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5.2 Future Plans

Here are some things I am considering to include in future versions, in no particular order. For some reason this list keeps getting longer and longer, no matter how much I try to implement, there are always more new ideas than I can handle.

This list is not updated very regularly, for a more up-to-date version check todonow.txt at the source code page of the TTDPatch site.

• Make station coverage depend on size of station, especially increase coverage of large airports
• More options for refitting aircraft, allow changing relative sizes of passengers and mail compartments, refit each compartment individually
• Make combined pre-signals more useful
• Include depots in some useful way in pre-signal setups
• Allow AI roads to be bulldozed to clear up their excessive use of space
• Maximum loan should depend on company value too
• Slow down time and/or make it possible to build during pause
• Load carriers in the order that they arrive at a station
• Cht: Engine to change all train engines into a specific type, or maybe for planes etc. as well. Maybe only change a specific engine? Maybe not at all, because it seems to be rather difficult.
• Even larger stations; maybe there is a way to have even more than 7 platforms and be longer than 7 squares
• Signals in tunnels and on bridges, possibly invisible and/or automatically placed
• Make it possible to restrict which switches may be used in a competition for example
• Modified plane breakdowns: crash instead of becoming slower, but of course much more rarely. Try to crash them not at the airport maybe
• Sort vehicle lists, by number, profit, last year's profit, perhaps even by the schedule
• Better stock market, get part of the profit, get money for selling stock, better company value calculation. When a company you hold at 75% goes bankrupt, only pay 25% to buy it.
• Make faster ships possible (currently max. is 127 km/h)
• Much higher production limits to really make use of the improved rail networks
• Retain names and service intervals when selling an engine and then buying a new one
• Improved path finding for trains and ships
• Hydroplanes that can land on water and use the ship docks
• Faster scrolling with Ctrl-Shift
• Link road signals to train signals, so they go red quicker when a train approaches
• Disable particular vehicle types for the AI, so they can not build road vehicles etc.
• Make tenders for steam engines mandatory
• Make "fulloadany" be optional for each vehicle type (e.g., not planes)
• Link several stations' ratings and cargo, to simulate several facilities of each type in a station
• Cargo payment rates should follow supply and demand rules
• Make economy fluctuations smoother, e.g. changes or +/- 10%, but more often. +/- 50% should be rare.
• Minimum load, specify that a carrier should not leave unless at least x% of it is full. This will probably only apply to "full load".
• Make planes have limited fuel supply and limited range, depending on plane size
• Add hotkeys to the airport and dock construction windows as well
• A freight trains option that allows really heavy cargo trains by for example making each coal wagon count as ten
• Show in town window whether town is considered to be in the snow or in the desert
• Allow subsidiaries that don't get taken over by the AI
• Allow refitting of train wagons, so that fewer vehicle slots are necessary for a large variety of train wagons
• Allow adding new sound effects, especially for new vehicles
• Allow trains to drive backwards
• Show list of destinations in the train and road vehicles lists, like for planes and ships
• Implement speed limits for cargo wagons (trains)
• Make tracks cost maintenance, maybe depending on use